"ondellette, who knows more about the Geneva Conventions than all the rest of the letter writers here combined."

I appreciate what you are saying, and particularly the gentlemanly way in which you said it. On the other hand, I know a lot of extremely intelligent people who are fools, and ondelette's recent post demonstrates that he is indeed one.

"Palestinian media reported that the [bombing of Ghayan Nizar] was not a planned assassination, but rather a routine bombing of a target suspected by the IDF to contain weapons.

The IDF has code named such operations "roof knocking," in which the army informs the residents of s suspected building that they have 10 minutes to leave the premises. In some cases, residents of suspected houses have been able to prevent bombing by climbing up to the roof to show that they will not leave, prompting IDF commanders to call off the strike. In these cases, Channel 10 reported Thursday, the IAF sometimes launches a relatively harmless missile at the corner of the roof, avoiding casualties but successfully dispersing the crowd.

Sources familiar with Ghayan's record said he was one of the people who encouraged Gazans to climb on rooftops to prevent bombings.

It appears that the "roof knocking" technique was used in the assassination, but Ghayan decided to stay indoors with his family, and the army opted to bomb the house anyway.

A lecturer at Gaza's Islamic University, Ghayan, 49, had mentored suicide bombers and would sometimes go on patrol with Hamas fighters. He was known for his close ties to the group's military wing and was respected in Gaza for donning combat fatigues and personally participating in clashes against Israeli forces. He sent one of his sons on an October 2001 suicide mission that killed two Israeli settlers in Gaza.

He was also an outspoken advocate of renewing suicide bombings against Israel. Hamas said Israel would pay a "heavy price" for his death. Ghayan was one of the most extreme opponents of Fatah, and supported violence against Fatah's men during Hamas' seizure of power."

So the Israelis weren't even trying to kill the one senior guy, just to knock down his house. He preferred to be a martyr. If guys like that were interested in helping their fellow Palestinians to have a better life, rather than obsessing on the destruction of Israel, there would be no wars.

"You have no justification for your disdain of the commenters here."

And your uncouth method of discourse disqualifies you from being anyone I would ever listen to seriously. It also identifies you, and many of those with similar opinions, as (dare I say it again) particularly clueless.

Learn to behave like a human being, and then perhaps your opinions will deserve respect.

By the way, regarding the use of ambulances in transporting suicide vests, that would have been difficult to accomplish without the complicity of the Red Crescent, which is an affiliate of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Meanwhile, the ICRC has never allowed the Israeli equivalent, the Magen David Adom, to join. So even the Red Cross has been in favor of blowing up Israelis and against saving them. You're in good company.

"He described that there was now a process for bringing Palestinian patients to Israeli hospitals. When I asked for details (I know something about EMS in this country), I found out in discussion that it works like this: The ambulances stay on their own sides of the checkpoint."

So obviously you are unaware that, prior to the adoption of this policy, ambulances were a popular method of smuggling suicide vests, etc., into Israel from Gaza and the West Bank? The checkpoints exist to protect Israelis from suicide bombings and other terror attacks, and they seem to be doing a reasonably good job. The Israelis unfortunately have a lot of experience in protecting themselves from terrorists, and you unfortunately seem to have no clue.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/06/22/water_electric/

I was finally able to dig out the knee-jerk anti-Israel Glenn posting from some time ago:

Actually, it had nothing to do with anything the Israelis had done, but merely a Krauthammer suggestion that Israel should cut off traffic at the checkpoints in response to rocket fire. Glenn wrote:

"Excellent idea -- let's make sure that the Palestinians, like the U.S. did with millions of Iraqis, are forced to live with no gasoline and electricity."

... and all because of a few rockets killing a few Israelis. When I emailed him to suggest non-violent action such as an embargo might be perfectly appropriate, he launched into a further private diatribe against Israel, then finally clarified in his public update:

"This is not an argument about what Israel should or should not do about Gaza."

I continue to maintain that Glenn's hatred of anything and everything Israeli is pathological.

"Zenwick

Except that I am a semite, you idiot."

And you are obviously not worth my consideration to debate with you. Good day.

"you had to wait nearly the entire day before even one person posted an anti-Jewish remark"

And I was holding my breath, too.

The difference between you and the guy who posted the remark you acknowledge as anti-semitic is...

... well, come to think of it, there is no difference.

"Glen, the answer to your question is very simple: Jewish money has purchased almost every U.S. politician, from every party, with the obvious exception of Ron Paul."

Ah, we're back to mainstream antisemitism here: the Jews control everything. By the way, you left out how the Jews control Egypt, who are also in favor of getting rid of Hamas. Also Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France. The Jews control them all.